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Politicians in New York and Washington are irate about the Bush
Administration's decision to cut antiterrorism funding for those cities and
increase funding for other less-populated cities. Per the New York Times,
"Homeland security officials said the grants were a result of a more
sophisticated evaluation process, combined with a smaller overall allocation of
money from Congress." Read more about it in today's Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/washington/01security.html.
So, what gives? Will the new allocations stand? Will Congress force Homeland
Security officials reconsider? Tonight on Hardball, Rep. Peter King (R-NY),
chairman of the committee on homeland security, will tell Chris what he thinks
needs to happen. The congressman told the Times today, "It's a knife in the
back to New York, and I'm going to do everything I can to make them very sorry
they made this decision."
Also tonight, Gen. Bernard Trainor (Ret.), MSNBC military analyst and co-author
of "Cobra II," will talk to Chris about the latest news in the Haditha
investigation and new methods of "values" training for military personnel.
Learn more about that on MSNBC.com: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13076442/.
For more on Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)'s Senate re-election campaign kick-off
and possible future plans, Clinton adviser Roger Altman will be here. In case
you missed it, read MSNBC Political Analyst and Newsweek Chief Political
Correspondent Howard Fineman's exclusively online report on how things are
shaping up for 2008: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13053763/.
And Ed Rollins, Republican strategist and adviser to Republican New York Senate
candidate KT McFarland, will be on with Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen to
talk about the New York race, other marquee 2006 contests, continuing tension
between the White House and Congress, the fight over disaster prep funding, and
much more!
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--AP listens to President Bush's latest immigration push
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13082778/
--AP spells out the latest in the 79th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13078754/
--HARDBLOGGER http://www.hardblogger.msnbc.com
--NBC's (June 6th primary-prepping) First Read http://www.firstread.msnbc.com
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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